Direct Manipulation Using JavaScript and CSS

If you are wanting to try something really unique with your Web content, then by all means have a look at this site here.

What is it?

Direct manipulation, particularly drag and drop, is under utilized in desktop applications and is almost non-existant in web applications. The following examples demonstrate that direct manipulation is possible in modern browsers.

Each example is a proof of concept. I’m answering the question Can I do this? without considering the question Should I do this?. That said, some of these examples are pretty impressive, so it’s nice to think that sometimes the answer will be Yes, you should. [Read the rest]

U.S. vs Rest of The World Spelling

“…all other things being equal, to what degree do the various search engines understand the different spellings of common words - and how does it affect search results and ranking? For example ‘colour’ is the English and International way of spelling what Americans spell as ‘color’.”

Found on High Rankings Forum

Web Design Mistakes, Common Sense Web Design

The Biggest Web Design Mistakes of 2004
This article reviewes the top 10 mistakes / misconceptions in web design in the past year.

An interesting interview with Steve Krug reviewes vis view to Common Sense Web Design

JavaScript Triggers

A new article posted at A List Apart describes the use of JavaScript to better your site’s precence as well as being able to change it’s outlook without having to create 3 different versions of the same content page, and in place, risk being panelized for duplicate content…

The front end of a website consists of three layers. XHTML forms the structural layer, which contains structural, semantic markup and the content of the site. To this layer you can add a presentation layer (CSS) and a behavior layer (JavaScript) to make your website more beautiful and user-friendly. These three layers should remain strictly separate. For instance, it should be possible to rewrite the entire presentation layer without touching either the structural or the behavior layer.

Despite this strict separation, the presentation and behavior layers need instructions from the structural layer. They must know where to add that touch of style, when to initiate that smooth bit of behavior. They need triggers… More…